преувели́чивать — meaning in English
preuvelichivat
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English meaning
- exaggerate verb To make something sound bigger, worse, or more dramatic than it really is.
- stretch verb To pull or extend something so it becomes longer or tighter.
Senses
преувели́чивать is used for these senses in English:
- exaggerate To overstate, to describe more than the fact.
- stretch (figuratively, transitive) To make inaccurate by exaggeration.
- stretch the truth (idiomatic) To exaggerate, often to the point where the truth is obscured or lost.
stretch — full definition
- verb To pull or extend something so it becomes longer or tighter.
- verb To extend one's own body or limbs, often to loosen muscles.
- verb To make a limited resource or piece of information go further than it comfortably should.
- noun A continuous extent of time or distance.
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